Yüksekova

Yüksekova
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Hakkari
Coordinates :	37 ° 34 ′  N , 44 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  N , 44 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	1950  m
Residents :	69,602 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90)
Postal code :	30 300
License plate :	30th
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	10 malls
Mayor :	Remziye Yaşar ( HDP )
Website:	www.yuksekova.bel.tr
Yüksekova district
Residents :	119,760 (2018)
Surface:	2,547 km²
Population density :	47 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Ramazan Kendüzler
Website (Kaymakam):	www.yuksekova.gov.tr

Yüksekova in winter

Yüksekova ( Syriac Aramaic ܓܒܼܪ Gawar , alternative spelling ܓܵܒܼܵܪ; Kurdish Gever ) is a city and a district in the Turkish province of Hakkâri in southeastern Turkey . In 1934 what was then Gever received the status of a Belediye . The name was changed to Yüksekova two years later. The city is the largest in the province and is home to over half of the district's population (2018: 58.1%).

The district borders in the north on the province of Van and in the west on the central district ( Merkez ) and the district Çukurca . Iran in the east and Iraq in the south form the border. Yüksekova means plateau and is located at an altitude of almost 2000 m. The extent of the plateau is 15 by 40 km. The winters are long and hard and, despite the fertile soil, agricultural yields are low due to the low temperatures.

The history of the region goes back to the time of the Urartians .

In addition to the district town, the district also consists of two municipalities ( Belediye ): Büyükçiftlik (3,499) and Esendere (3,617). In addition, 58 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 742 residents belong to the district . 16 villages have more than a thousand inhabitants - İnanlı (1,955), Kısıklı (1,408), Akpınar (1,348) and Onbaşılar (1,311) are the largest.

Curfews

A curfew was imposed on November 20, 2015, which was lifted after 3 days on November 23, 2015.

On March 13, 2016, another curfew was imposed in Yüksekova, which was partially lifted after 78 days. From May 30, 2016, the citizens of Yüksekova were allowed to leave the house from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

politics

In the 2014 local elections, Ruken Yetişkin and Tacettin Safalı were elected co-mayors by the BDP . Ruken Yetişkin and Tacettin Safalı were suspended on October 15, 2015. Then Adile Kozay and Hüsnü Beşer were appointed deputy co-mayors. Hüsnü Beşer was arrested on April 15, 2016, Kozay on December 9, 2016. On December 19, the Ankara government appointed the deputy governor of Hakkari as an administrator.

Results of the parliamentary elections in June 2015:

HDP (% 94.0), ACP (% 3.4), MHP (% 1.5), CHP (% 0.6)

Results of the parliamentary elections in November 2015

HDP (% 93.7), ACP (% 4.2), CHP (% 0.7), MHP (% 0.8)

Web links

Commons : Yüksekova  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on June 24, 2019
2. ^ Curfew Lifted in Yüksekova . In: Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi . ( bianet.org [accessed July 13, 2018]).
3. ↑ Curfew imposed in southeast Turkey's Yüksekova, Nusaybin districts, most extensive PKK ops begin . In: DailySabah . ( dailysabah.com [accessed July 13, 2018]).
4. ↑ TM: Curfew partly lifted in Yüksekova after 78 days of military operation on PKK | Turkish minute. Retrieved July 13, 2018 (American English). 
5. ^ Curfew Lifted in Yüksekova . In: Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi . ( bianet.org [accessed July 13, 2018]).
6. ^ Trustee Appointed to Yüksekova Municipality . In: Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi . ( bianet.org [accessed July 13, 2018]).
7. ^ Trustee Appointed to Yüksekova Municipality . In: Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi . ( bianet.org [accessed July 13, 2018]).
8. ^ Trustee Appointed to Yüksekova Municipality . In: Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi . ( bianet.org [accessed July 13, 2018]).
9. ^ Curfew Lifted in Yüksekova . In: Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi . ( bianet.org [accessed July 13, 2018]).
10. ^ Curfew Lifted in Yüksekova . In: Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi . ( bianet.org [accessed July 13, 2018]).